35 days to go for HoR elections: EC to use Nepal-made election materials
The Election Commission has adopted a policy of using locally produced materials as much as possible for the elections to the House of Representatives slated for March 5. To make the election economical, transparent and to use and encourage local products, the Commission has adopted a policy of using locally produced materials as much as possible. A total of 51 materials will be used for the elections and currently 37 types of materials are being procured from the provinces and districts in a decentralized manner, shared the Commission's spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai. Among them, 14 types of materials are being procured from the central level and the responsibility for most of the purchases has been given to Salt Trading Company. He said that only new materials worth Rs 67.5 million have been procured for the elections and other materials have been reused.
Inter Milan beat Dortmund 2-0 but both teams end up in playoffs
Inter Milan scored late goals to earn a 2-0 win at Borussia Dortmund in their final Champions League group phase match on Wednesday but it was not enough for a top-eight finish, with both teams going into the playoffs for a knockout stage spot, Reuters reported. Federico Dimarco curled home a sublime free kick in the 81st minute before Andy Diouf added another goal in stoppage time to snap Inter's three-game losing run in the competition. Despite hopes before the game of a top-eight spot and automatic progress to the last-16, Inter came 10th on 15 points, according to Reuters.
